Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. In the past couple of months, Facebook, Instagram, and other social networks have faced a lot of outages. But how can you make sure that if the site’s actually down
Read MoreNormally, you won’t immediately know when you’ve fallen victim to a cryptocurrency scam. You might start to wonder where your money has gone and why no one is responding to your questions. Eventually though, reality will set in after you recognize that scammers have made off with your money and are nowhere to be found. Well,
Read MoreMost e-book readers don’t have physical page turn buttons. Why? They just don’t. Virtual page turns are accomplished with a tap at a screen edge. Determined to reduce the awkwardness of one-handed use, [Sagar Vaze] modified a Kobo e-reader with two physical page turn buttons as a weekend project. [Sagar] points out that since the
Read MoreThe Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is taking Samsung to court over allegations it misled customers over the nature of various phones’ water resistance. Samsung has been depicting phones in or near to unsuitable environments such as swimming pools and oceans since 2016, the ACCC alleges, when it didn’t have a basis to make
Read MoreAn electrical engineer is facing up to 219 years in federal prison after being found guilty of exporting military-grade semiconductor chips to China. Yi-Chi Shih — the 64-year-old engineer in question, and also a part-time Los Angeles resident — was found guilty of conspiring to export sensitive semiconductor chips with military applications to China without the required
Read MoreFrom Farrah Fawcett hairspray to socially acceptable smoking to station-wagon way backs, we’re onboard the 20th century nostalgia train. Stranger Things season 3: The 8 most totally bitchin' 1980s moments – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAllie Funk / Wired: Until the US Biometric Exit Program prioritizes privacy and resolves technical and legal shortcomings, airport travelers should opt out of facial recognition — Last month, I was at Detroit’s Metro Airport for a connecting flight to Southeast Asia. I listened as a Delta Air Lines staff … Until the US Biometric
Read MoreIndia‘s second biggest network provider, Reliance Jio, has teamed up with Facebook to launch a digital literacy program for people coming online for the first time. Jio, which has over 300 million subscribers in the country, will launch this program in 200 locations across 13 states. The company said the ‘Digital Udaan’ initiative will eventually reach
Read MoreYou’ll no longer be able to buy Mad Magazine on newsstands, and there won’t be any new original content, outside of annuals. Mad Magazine, as you now know it, will soon cease to exist – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreBut Stranger Things may not be affected due to its 1980s setting. Netflix to stub out most smoking, tobacco use in future original series – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIn a collaboration between man and machine, humans designed the large-scale image and a swarm of drones painted it. Drones make a splash spray painting crowdsourced graffiti – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAM broadcasting had a big problem, but usually only at night. During the day the AM signals had limited range, but at night they could travel across the country. With simple wire antennas, any two stations on the same frequency would interfere with each other. Because of this, the FCC required most radio stations to
Read MoreThe Australian Competition and Consumer Commission claims Samsung’s phones aren’t as waterproof as advertised. Samsung accused of misleading customers on Galaxy S 'water resistance' – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePlenty of new stuff comes online to watch over the long weekend. Stranger Things 3: What to watch over your long weekend – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIn years gone by, trying out a new circuit probably would have meant heating up a soldering iron. Solderless breadboards have made that even easier and computer simulation is easier still, but there’s something not quite as satisfying about building a circuit virtually. [Thedeuluiz] has a way to get some of the best of both
Read MoreBrendan Pierson / Reuters: A federal appeals court rules Amazon can be held liable for defective 3rd-party seller products, says it enables vendors to conceal themselves from the customer — (Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Wednesday ruled against Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) in a case that could expose the online retailer … A federal
Read MoreThe casting of Ariel follows rumors that Melissa McCarthy will play Ursula, Jacob Tremblay will voice Flounder and Awkwafina will voice Scuttle. Disney's Little Mermaid live-action movie casts Halle Bailey as Ariel – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreCombining the best of the first season with comedy and color, Stranger Things 3 is a warm, summer hit. Stranger Things season 3 review: The best season yet – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreStrap on your scrunchies for a gander at every key moment before the next season kicks off July 4 on Netflix. Stranger Things recap: Everything you need to know from season 1 and 2 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe Falcon Heavy payload fairing goes blue (da ba dee, da ba daa). SpaceX camera captures incredible view of rocket part returning to Earth – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAbner Li / 9to5Google: YouTube quietly updated its list of what it considers harmful or dangerous content to include “instructional hacking and phishing” videos — Yesterday, YouTube updated its list of what it considers “harmful or dangerous content.” One notable addition is of … YouTube quietly updated its list of what it considers harmful or
Read MoreDaniel Kuhn / CoinDesk: Coinsquare, a Canadian crypto exchange, buys a controlling stake in payments software startup Just Cash to bring crypto transactions to non-bank ATMs in the US — Coinsquare, a Canadian cryptocurrency trading platform, announced it has bought an eight figure controlling stake in fintech software producer, Just Cash. Coinsquare, a Canadian crypto
Read MoreWelcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. Maybe you’ve used Chrome for years, so long that you’ve forgotten what a “clean” install looks like. You have dozens of theme files, new default search engines, and so many
Read MoreIBM recently debuted technology Starter Kits to aid those joining the company’s Call for Code challenge. Anyone interested in starting their machine learning, artificial intelligence, or coding journey should consider this an opportunity to learn with experts and potentially do some good in the world. Call for Code is an IBM challenge that solicits the
Read MoreLorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / VICE: Unknown attackers are spamming OpenPGP certificates, breaking a core component of encryption software PGP and showing a fundamental weakness known for a decade — A new wave of spamming attacks on a core component of PGP’s ecosystem has highlighted a fundamental weakness in the whole ecosystem. Unknown attackers are spamming OpenPGP
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